Only because Michigan was going to try to play smashmouth football against a team that was MUCH better at smashmouth football than they are. That was right in Georgia's wheelhouse.
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Going off your earlier posts, you seem to believe there is a fair sized gap in coaching between the two teams. So in order to reach 50/50 you are then saying you make up for it either in talent or pure execution.
On any given day the 'best' team doesn't always win. This is really the only reason most of us watch games other than our own teams. So even if you sum up that Bama has an edge, of course Georgia can still win.
The point was that in that scenario, it would be Bama playing at some level below their ability that aided a Georgia win. It's not that Georgia isn't one of the top teams in the game and is stacked with talent. When you add coaching decisions, adjustments, and their talent, it's hard not to pick them at something more than 50% vs Georgia.
Now that's from an outside observer to be sure.
No reports of the four CFP teams having COVID issues while many other bowl teams had it so bad they had to cancel.
You must mean Central Michigan
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Bama has some key injuries and is a less experienced team than UGA. I’d probably give UGA the talent edge at the moment, especially when you factor in players that were clearly undervalued coming out of HS.
There is a coaching and mental advantage for Bama, but there’s not many UGA starters that I’d trade for Bama starters(though one I would is at QB, and that is very important)
Nobody should be picking UGA to beat Bama until they beat Bama, if UGA plays their best game, I think a 50% shot at beating Bama’s best game is fair
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Y’all moved the ball fairly well, just couldn’t capitalize. Cincy was bullied in the trenches on both sides. Ridder had what seemed like 20 balls swatted down at the LOS
This is a tough one to pick, think I'm going to lean Georgia's way. Think they'll be better prepared.
idk, I think Kirby called off dogs at the 2:00 mark of the second quarter. Georgia coasted the entire 2nd half. I just rewatched the game and Georgia dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides.
Georgia opens a 3pt favorite?
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I think the tight ends need to be the main focal point of the offensive game plan. Bowers is big and fast, and bad matchup for anyone and Washington is huge. Get all the attention on them and maybe Jermaine Burton or George Pickens gets wide open down field
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The game wasn’t completely in hand then and hopefully Kirby has learned to not take his foot off the gas too early. Backups saw a lot of action in the second half for sure, but those guys are good too. Michigan came out with a better plan in the second half, was just too little too late.
But WTF was that Michigan DB doing on the Jermaine Burton TD? Had good coverage and then just stopped and allowed a walk in TD
No reports of the four CFP teams having COVID issues while many other bowl teams had it so bad they had to cancel.
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I can guarantee you Bama and UGA wouldn’t have reported a damn thing due to the forfeit policy.No reports of the four CFP teams having COVID issues while many other bowl teams had it so bad they had to cancel.
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I think UGA is the better team, but Bama is Bama and Saban is gonna have his boys ready. I'm confident and nervous at the same time. Bama's experience in winning close games might come in handy for them today. Georgia's starters on have been out at halftime several times this season, so I...
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Yeah horrible matchup for Michigan
I am not going to miss Vincent Gray, he's gotten burned quite a bit over his career at UM.
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A mildly interesting note:
Stetson Bennett was on the scout team and played the role of Baker Mayfield in the practices leading up to the Rose Bowl in 2017.
Dude has been around a while and still has an extra year of eligibility thanks to Covid
I don’t think he’s the best option at QB, but at this point there’s no question he’s going to be the QB on Monday. Seems he has the support of the locker room too
Stetson Bennett was on the scout team and played the role of Baker Mayfield in the practices leading up to the Rose Bowl in 2017.
Dude has been around a while and still has an extra year of eligibility thanks to Covid
I don’t think he’s the best option at QB, but at this point there’s no question he’s going to be the QB on Monday. Seems he has the support of the locker room too